The council also acts in advisory capacity to the governor on policy issues regarding preservation activities in the state and recommends to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) placement of properties onto the state and national register. The council was established and is defined by WAC 25-12. The staff to the council is Michael Houser, State Architectural Historian, who can be reached at (360) 586-3076 or Michael.Houser@dahp.wa.gov. The council was established in 1971 and has had a variety of members and chair's throughout the years. (Click here for a list of past ACHP Chair's)

Citizen Member (Chair)

Paul Mann

Spokane, WA

Second term expires in 2020

Historical Architect

Jon A. Campbell

Walla Walla, Washington

Second term expires in 2019

Citizen Member

Jerri Honeyford

Sunnyside, Washington

First term expires in 2020

Heritage Organization

Catherine Collins

Snohomish, Washington

Second term expires in 2020

Historian

Michael Sullivan

Tacoma, Washington

First term expires in 2020

Archaeologist

Paul Gleeson

Port Angeles, WA

Second term expires in 2020

Architectural Historian

Eugenia Woo

Seattle, Washington

First term expires in 2021

Citizen Member

Robert Mack

Tacoma, Washington

First term expires in 2021

Tribal Representative

Jacqueline Cook

Grand Coulee, Washington

First term expires in 2018

168th ACHP Meeting - March 8th, 2018

The Washington State Governor's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation will consider the following for nomination to the State and/or National Register of Historic Places on March 8, 2018, starting at 9:00a.m. The meeting is open to the public and will be held in Seattle at the Seattle Center Armory (formerly Center House), in Loft 2.

Preservation Office staff will present a brief presentation on the history of the nominated resources, correspondence will be entered into the record, and the Council will entertain comments from people in the audience who wish to speak. Following discussion, the Council will act on the nomination, rendering an opinion of whether the property meets State and/or National Register Criteria.